Today, with the reconstruction of its ancient library, the city of Alexandria represents the firmly planted roots of what we—the West—have become. Its history has come full circle once more. Those are the forces that built the High Dam at Aswan, and those are the forces that are now struggling to take over modern Egypt even as its consciousness clings so deeply to the mysteries of its past.

The Sandakan March through the Borneo Jungle was the worst likely atrocity Australian soldiers suffered in the Second World War. To understand why, Outpost set out to retrace it and invited Australian troops to come along.